Scottish exhibit comes to the
USA
The historic art collection of The Drambuie Liqueur Company is
touring the USA for the first time, traveling to 7 venues between
2003 and 2005, including the Headley-Whitney in Lexington, Kentucky.
The exhibition contains 117 pieces. Each of the objects on display -
portraits, miniatures, gold and silver medals, ceramics, engravings,
and manuscripts - were commissioned by, or in support of, the
Stewart royal family from some of the finest artists working in
Britain, France, and Italy at the time.
Included in the exhibition is an unparalleled collection of 58
engraved drinking glasses, which were used to toast the exiled
Stewarts.
In the words of Robin Nicholson, Curator of the exhibition, "These
exquisite works of art recall a turbulent and romantic period of
history. They offer us insight into a world that combined taste,
beauty, and conviviality with treachery, subversion, and betrayal."
The Headley-Whitney is located at 4435 Old Frankfort Pike,
Lexington, Kentucky, and is open 10-5 Tuesday through Friday and
12-5 Saturday and Sunday; closed Monday. Visit
www.headley-whitney.org for more.
Thanks to The Scottish Society of Louisville, Inc. Newsletter.

My ancestor is MARY MANDANA McCORD. She was my great
grandmother and mother to my grandmother MAGGIE ZICKEFOOSE. I am
interested in joining the McCord Family Registry and need
information on how to go about being a member so I will be able to
research or receive information about the McCord Family. Any help
you will be able to give me will be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
Irene Klinzman mommato6@aol.com

Want to hear Scottish music over the internet?
If you have an Internet connection, a sound card with a speaker, and
a fairly fast connection, you can listen to Scottish music when you
want. Go to this website:
www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/radioscotland/ and pick from a menu a
variety of archived radio programs you can listen to.
As a Scottish dancing enthusiast, I listen to a couple of programs,
"Take the Floor" and "Reel Bland." The great thing is that you can
listen whenever it's convenient to you, not at some fixed time.
Thank you to Scorrybreac: The Journal of Clan MacNicol in North
America

Clan MacNicol Society holds AGM in Virginia
The annual meeting of the Clan MacNicol society will be held in
Colonial Williamsburg on Friday, September 26th.
This is the weekend of the Williamsburg Scottish Festival and Celtic
Celebration, and Clan MacNicol will be the Clan of Honor at the
Games on Saturday, September 27th.
The chief's High Commissioner for the Americas, Dr. Murray Nicolson,
will be the Honored Guest at the Games, representing our Chief with
feathers flying! Of course we would like to have as many Clan
members as possible to attend and make a good showing in the parade
of the clans.
For a package with further information, events at the Games, etc.,
please put yourself on the list by phoning Jeremy Nicholson, Special
Projects Manager at (770) 650-0905 or email him at:
alatis@bsn1.net

Website released about Chinese immigrant heritage
The Library of Congress has released a Web site that traces the
history of 19th- and early 20th-century Chinese immigrants to
California.
The Chinese in California, 1850-1925
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award99/cubhtml not only follows the
journeys of the Chinese to America but also features about 8,000
images and pages of primary-source materials.
Thanks to the Newsletter of The Paradise Genealogical Society.

When tracing Scottish ancestry, the notation "H/F" in birth
and marriage records means 'handfasting,' a form of "private or
probationary marriage."
Hand-fasting was the form of announcing a union between a man and a
woman who wished to live together as husband and wife before
receiving the blessings of the church.
The couple would stand before a group of their peers, hold their
clasped hands above their heads and state their intentions.
The agreement was good for a year and a day. If at the end of the
specified time, both wished to go their separate ways, they could do
so with no legal tie.
Any child of a handfast union was considered legitimate and would
inherit.
Thank you to the Lake Havasu Genealogical Society, Inc. Newsletter.

Civil War fought by boys
Figures from Government records indicate that 78% of the Civil War
was fought by 15 to 18 year olds. Specific age categories are as
follows:

What's in a title?
A person's title in Colonial days often had a different meaning from
titles used today.
Stepmothers were sometimes called mother-in-law; Cousins could be
relatives of any type, sometimes even close friends; Freeman meant a
young man not yet married (also had other meanings); Domestic once
meant housewife, but not necessarily a servant; Mister was a title
reserved only for men of wealth and/or education; Gentleman
frequently referred to a retired man.

Mind your manners!
Do you know that table manners proclaim at once your social
training?
Never use a toothepick at the table or in the presence of others. If
it seems absolutely necessary to use one at a table, cover your lips
with your napkin; elsewhere, with your handkerchief.
Never should your table knife be used for conveying food to your
mouth.
You find your small bread and butter plate and butter spreader at
your left. Never spread at once an entire slice of bread; break off
half or a quarter and spread it on your bread and butter plate - not
on the palm of your hand.
When your plate is passed for a second helping, let your knife and
fork remain on it, side by side; also, when you have finished. Never
rest your knife or fork partly on the table and partly on your plate
or your napkin ring. Avoid mixing your food on your plate.
Use a fork when eating vegetables and salad - and ice cream, if an
ice cream fork is provided.
Make the least possible noise in chewing, and none at all in taking
food from a spoon. Sometimes, in eating crisp toast, for example, it
is very difficult to avoid a crunching sound, but eat slowly, taking
very small mouthfuls, and you can avoid noise.
Don't drink from a cup while it holds a spoon. When not using your
teaspoon, let it lie on the saucer. Do not drink from your saucer.
Stir quietly, and lay your spoon in your saucer at once.
Eat a little less of everything than you might. Shrink from the
slightest appearance of greediness.
Between courses avoid lounging back in your chair; keep your spine
straight, your body poised a little forward, and your mind occupied
with the conversation which you are helping to make pleasant.
Submitted by Richard Hoover

Parks Family plans a reunion
The descendants of L.F. Parks and Marie Doak Parks will gather for a
family reunion at Mountain Home, Arkansas on Yucca Corner, September
20, 2003. There will be a story exchange and barbeque dinner.
The Parks Family settled in Baxter County, Arkansas in the 1860s.
Mrs. Parks is a descendant of W.A. Douglass, who also settled in
Baxter County, Arkansas in the 1860s.
For more information write to: V. Parks Messick, 4411 Willow Road,
Carlsbad, NM 88220.

McQuisten, Harper announce re-issue publication of Memoirs, Our
People, The Indians
I can't recall the amount of times I have been asked if I had a copy
of Memoirs. I inherited a copy of the original from my mother's
possessions. She obtained this from her father, William Joseph
Martell, when an attorney came in 1949, to register my grandfather
in the Chippewa settlement of claims that were underway during that
time in our family history.
Recently, I obtained an original that was graciously given to me by
Linda (Verdon) Uetz, of Elk Mound, Wisconsin. It is terribly
tattered, torn and well marked from apparent continual use.
We believed there were not to many people who had a copy of the
original, and those that still remain treasure them deeply; and
understandably with good reason.
Because there are so few of these booklets in existence, and because
of the rich history they held, we are very pleased to announce our
formal publication of Memoirs, Our People...The Indians, written by
one of our most family dedicated ancestors.
Mary (McGuire) Martell authored and distributed to close friends and
family limited copies of the first genealogical document that
established Indian and French-Canadian heritages, 1750-1950, in the
Upper-Mississippi region of the United States.
Mary began her quest sometime in the early 1940s. And I believe she
continued her search until the day she died - October 30, 1986.
This Dubuque, Iowa woman spent many years in travel over the lands
her husband's people once owned; for it was through the Martell
lineage from which the Indian blood came. She spent many hours
studying official documents that were crumbling with age.
She spoke to hundreds of aged Indians, all in an effort to establish
her husband's family tree.
I firmly believe that her project began with the hope that her
husband and her husband's people might participate in the settlement
of claims culminating from the Indian Claims Commission Act of 1946,
set up by Congress to pay for lands that were taken from them by the
palefaces more than 100 years ago.
As with all genealogists, hers was a work of passion, a sentimental
task. Though her work did little to change the outcome of the
negative decree determined by the U.S. Indian's Claims Commission,
Memoirs: our People...The Indians provided an excellent compilation
from which a much larger, more comprehensive hard-bound,
three-volume series of the Martel/Martell/Martelle and allied
families has been derived; which is currently being finalized for
publication.
The majority of her book has been incorporated into the
Martel/Martell/Martelle history publication.
Authors of this long sought after publication are Lynn Candace
Harper, 1629 E. Morgan Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53207, phone # (414)
769-7694, and Richard McQuisten, 1706 Symons Street, Laramie, WY
82070, phone # (307) 745-8406.
To order your copies of Memoirs, Our People...The Indians; reprint,
please send your name, full address and phone number to: Lynn C.
Harper, 1629 East Morgan Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53207-3656.

Beautiful hand-knit sweaters available
Dave Martin's cousin, Mary, lives in Northern Ireland. After
dedicating her life to caring for her father, she is living on very
limited means. She knits beautifully, however, and made Dave an
exceptionally attractive sweater. Several people admired it and
ordered one for themselves. It occurred to Dave that perhaps more of
you would like an opportunity to own such a fine garment. You need
only send Mary your measurements and let her know what style sweater
you would like (cardigan, pullover, etc). For more information call
Dave at 248-464-0468.

A people that take no pride in the noble achievements of
remote ancestors will never achieve anything worthy to be remembered
with pride by their descendants.
Macauley

Windmills are an important part of Dutch history
A sense that justice will prevail is contained in the proverb,
"God's mills grind slowly, but surely."
The windmill is an important part of Dutch history, and as such has
become an integral part of Dutch culture in the form of proverbs and
folk sayings.
As a warning that one may have to face the consequences of his
actions, the Dutch say, "Be careful, or you'll have to face the
wind."
Cautious people are said to wait with a decision until they know out
of which corner the wind is blowing.
Seizing an opportunity is known as pumping while the wind blows.
When someone seems a little daffy, he is said to have been hit by a
mill, or when someone's business is not doing well, the Dutch say,
"He cannot keep his mill going."

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